- Sir
Rufane Shaw
Donkin GCH KCB FRS FRGS (1772 – 1 May 1841), was a
British Army
officer of the
Napoleonic era and
later Member of Parliament.
Rufane Donkin...
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William Rufane (died 14
February 1773) was a
British soldier who
fought in the
Seven Years' War, was
governor of
Martinique in 1762–63 and rose to the...
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financial hub of the
Eastern Cape. Port
Elizabeth was
founded in 1820 by Sir
Rufane Donkin, who was the
governor of the Cape at the time. He
named it after...
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Chancellor of the
Exchequer Berwick-upon-Tweed 27
April 1835
Rufane Shaw
Donkin Whig
Rufane Shaw
Donkin Whig Surveyor-General of the
Ordnance Totnes 24...
- Cape,
Overberg Rondegat River Western Cape
Rooiels River Western Cape
Rufanes River Eastern Cape
Sabie River Mpumalanga X3
Incomati River, Mozambique...
- (1828–30)
James Bradshaw 1786 1833 Tory
Brackley (1825–32)
General Sir
Rufane Shaw
Donkin 1773 1841 Whig Berwick-upon-Tweed (1832–37),
Sandwich (1839-death)...
- with
Matthew Forster (1841–1847)
William Holmes (1837–1841)
Preceded by
Rufane Shaw
Donkin James Bradshaw Succeeded by
Matthew Forster John
Campbell Renton...
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Portrait of Sir
Rufane Shaw Donkin, 19th century, by Meyer...
- Preceded by Sir
Charles Asgill, 2nd
Baronet Colonel of the 11th (the
North Devonshire)
Regiment of Foot 1823–1837 Succeeded by Sir
Rufane Shaw Donkin...
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central Gqeberha,
South Africa. It was
constructed at the
behest of Sir
Rufane Donkin (acting
governor of the Cape 1820–1821) in
memory of his wife Elizabeth...
